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1Liver Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Fondazione "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" IRCCS, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Cells
|January 8, 2023
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Biomarkers can be defined as measurable characteristics to be evaluated as indicators of normal or pathogenic biological processes, or as predictors of treatment response [...].
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